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What do Weierstrass points look like?
As somebody who mostly works with smooth, real manifolds, I've always been a little uncomfortable with Weierstrass points. Smooth manifolds are totally homogeneous, but in the complex category you ...
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Complexifications of hyperbolic manifolds
I'm wondering when a compact hyperbolic $n$-manifold ($n \geq 3$) can embed in a complex hyperbolic $n$-manifold as a real algebraic subvariety so that it is a component of the fixed point set of ...
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How the hyperbolic metric changes when we add a puncture?
Suppose we have a surface $S$ of a finite genus, without boundary with a finite number of punctures. Suppose that this surface comes equipped with a hyperbolic metric of curvature $-1$.
Question 1: If ...
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Is there a divisor in $\mathbb P^2$ such that all analytic maps into its complement algebraize?
Is there a closed subscheme $D$ in $\mathbb P^2_{\mathbb C}$ pure of codimension one such that, for all algebraic varieties $X$ over $\mathbb C$, any analytic map
$$ \phi: X(\mathbb C) \to \mathbb P^...
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Riemannian submersions from complex hyperbolic space into the hyperbolic space
Is there a (canonical) Riemannian submersion from the complex hyperbolic space $\mathbb C\mathbb H^n$ into the hyperbolic space $\mathbb H^n$?
In the affirmative case, what can we say about the ...
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Smooth projective varieties with infinite abelian fundamental group and finite $\pi_2$
Let $X$ be a smooth projective complex algebraic variety of general type. Suppose that the (topological) fundamental group of $X$ is an infinite abelian group and that $\pi_2(X^{an})$ is finite.
What ...
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Conformal Mappings for hyperbolic polygon
I am searching for a conformal mapping from the upper halfplane onto a hyperbolic polygon, i.e. the sides of the polygon have to be geodesics.
The classical Schwarz Christoffel theorem does the job ...
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Do elements of the fundamental group give rise to isometries
Let $X$ be a complex algebraic variety, and let $\tilde X\to X$ be its universal cover. Suppose that there exists a Kahler-Einstein metric on $\tilde X$. Note that $\pi_1(X) \subset Aut(\tilde X)$.
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Lattices of PU(n,1) with large abelianization
I am interested in properly discontinuous cocompact subgroups of the group $PU(n,1)$ of automorphisms of the complex hyperbolic space $H^n_{\mathbb{C}}$, says for $n=2,3$. Is there such a lattice $G$ ...
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Hyperbolic 3-manifolds inside algebraic varieties
I have a hyperbolic 3-manifold $M$ that I'd like to see sit inside a complex algebraic variety $V$ as beautifully and snugly as possible. I don't want to specify attributes of "beauty" (e.g.,...
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If rational points are like entire curves, then what do algebraic points correspond to
I read somewhere that if $X$ is a projective variety of general type over a number field $K$, then rational points are an analogue of entire curves $\mathbf{C}\to X^{an}$ (with $X^{an}$ the ...
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Riemann Theta Function On Hyperbolic Riemann Surfaces
The Riemann theta function for a genus $g$ closed Riemann surface with period matrix $\tau=[\tau_{ij}]$ is defined by
$$\theta(\{z_1,\cdots,z_g\}|\tau)=\Sigma_{n\in\mathbb{Z}^g}e^{\pi i(n\cdot\tau\...
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Isometric immersion of $\mathbb H^2$ into $\mathbb R^\infty$ built by Bieberbach
I'm analyzing the following isometric immersion of $(\mathbb H^2,g_D)$ in $(\ell^2,g_\infty)$ given by $f(x,y)=(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_{2m-1},x_{2m},\dots)$ with
\begin{align}\label{5.1}
x_{2m-1}=\color{...
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Infinitesimal deformations of fake projective planes (or ball quotients)
This question is related to the answer I gave to this MO question. What I'm asking is probably well-known to the experts in the field, and I apologize in advance if this turns out to be trivial.
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Quantifying the monotonicity property of the hyperbolic metric
Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are connected hyperbolic Riemann surfaces, with $X\subsetneq Y$. Let $\rho_{X,Y}$ be the density of the hyperbolic metric of $X$ with respect to that of $Y$; then $\rho_{X,Y} &...
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Mostow rigidity for complex hyperbolic manifolds
A Riemannian manifold $(X,g)$ is hyperbolic if the sectional curvatures are constant and negative. A theorem of Mostow says that these manifolds are determined by their fundamental group.
Theorem (...
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Explicit description of the group of deck transformations acting on the universal cover of a Riemann Surface
I am finding the explicit description of genus $2$ surface as the upper half plane modulo group of Deck Transformation. I did't find it anywhere. Also, I found a similar question here. But, there is ...
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Schwarz Lemma in terms of conformal surfaces or holomorphic curves?
Scharwz Lemma in its general form says that any holomorphic map between hyperbolic surfaces is contracting.
Noting that Riemann surfaces admit a unique metric of constant curvature -1, I wonder if we ...
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Kobayashi distance function on the upper half-space
I asked this question already in mathstackexchange but got no answer, so I ask it again here.
Let $\mathbb{H}_{g}$ be the Siegel upper half space, i.e., the set of complex symmetric $g\times g$ ...
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Geodesics in norm balls
Recently, some problems that I work on require that I understand a bit of hyperbolic complex geometry. Assume that $B \subset \mathbb{C}^n$ is the unit ball of some norm $\|\cdot\|$ (not induced by an ...
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Surface of a Ideal Tetrahedron in Hyperbolic Space H3
The hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^3$, has a boundary $\mathbb{CP}^1$.
A ideal tetrahedron in $\mathbb{H}^3$, is a tetrahedron, where the four vertices are on the boundary $\mathbb{CP}^1$.
The four ...
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Geometric and holomorphic structure of $\mathbb{C} \rtimes \mathbb{C} \setminus \{ 0 \}$
Put $G= \mathbb{C} \rtimes_{\phi} \mathbb{C} \setminus \{0\}$ where $\phi_{a} (z)= az$ for $a \in \mathbb{C} \setminus \{0\}$.
$G$ is a real $4$ dimensional Lie group; then it has a unique left ...
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Characterisation of convergence in Deligne-Mumford compactifiaction
1) Is there a (simple) way to characterise the convergence of complex curves toward a stable curve in term of hyperbolic metrics for the Deligne Mumford compactification of the moduli space of complex ...
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( finite ) Blaschke product in higher dimensions ?
Hello, as we know, the (finite) Blaschke product $P$ in $\mathbb{C}$ or in $ \mathbb{R}^2 $ is defined by $\prod_{j=1}^{k} \frac{z-a_j}{1-\bar{a_j}z}, a_j \in \mathbb{D}$. I was wondering whether ...
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Conformal equivalence of square and upper-plane, including part of the boundary
I was reading the book "Conformal Invariants" of L. Ahlfors, and seen (P.74) he says that "It is in fact obvious that the part of the teichmuller annulus (for R=1) in the upper plane is conformally ...
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Classification of principal monodromy elements
Let $(X,0)$ be a germ of normal analytic space with an isolated singularity at $0$, and let $Y:=X\backslash\{0\}$. Suppose $Y$ has a complex-hyperbolic metric which is complete at $0$. Burns-Mazzeo ...
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Schwarz–Ahlfors–Pick theorem for hyperbolic pair of pants
Let $\mathcal{P}$ be a hyperbolic pair of pants with geodesic boundary and $\Sigma_3$ be the hyperbolic thrice punctures sphere. I want to construct a conformal map $f:\mathcal{P}\rightarrow \Sigma_3$ ...
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Number of regions created by r hyper-planes in n-dimensional space [closed]
I found this formula for calculating maximum number of regions created by r hyper-planes in n-dimensional space (n<=r)
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Comparative between Kobayashi hyperbolicity and hyperbolicity in the sense of Koszul
In literature, there are several notions of hyperbolicity. My question is whether, for closed locally flat or affine manifolds, the notion of hyperbolicity in the sense of Kobayashi is equivalent to ...
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When inclusion between two Kobayshi hyperbolic manifolds is distance decreasing?
Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are two Kobayshi hyperbolic complex-analytic manifolds such that $X \subset Y$. It is known $d_Y(x_1, x_2) \leq d_X(x_1, x_2)$ for all $x_1, x_2 \in X$. In other words, the ...
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